[ SRTB ] 014. The Three Branches of Government.

The government is made up of three branches. They are the executive, legislative, and judicial branches. These three branches of the government make and enforce laws. All three of them have their own duties and responsibilities. 

The legislative branch is Congress proposes bills and discusses them. Then Congress votes on the bills. If the bills pass and the president signs them, then they become laws. 

After a law has been passed, it must be carried out, or enforced. The executive branch is the president and everyone who works for him.

The judicial branch is the court system. The judicial branch determines if laws have been broken. When people break the law, the judicial branch takes care of their cases. 

 

1. When does a bill become a law?

- After the president signs it.

 

2. a. The three branches of the government make and enforce laws.

    b. Congress is the legislative branch. 

    c. The court system is the judicial branch. 

 

3. a. legislative branch : the branch of government responsible for carrying out laws.

    b. executive branch : the branch of government responsible for making laws; Congress

    c. judicial branch : the branch of government that decidesl if laws have been broken; the court system.